XII THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



It was moved by Mr. Burpee, seconded by Dr. Coyne that the 

 election of Dr. John Lyle Morison, Dr. R. Morison Maclver, and 

 Dr. Edmund H. Oliver as Fellows of Section II be confirmed.— 

 Carried. 



It was moved by Dr. Shutt, seconded by Dr. Fields that the 

 election of Dr. Maitland C. Boswell, Dr. Daniel Buchanan, and Dr. 

 Robert William Boyle as Fellows of Section III be confirmed. ^ — 

 Carried. 



It was moved by Prof. Thomson, seconded by Prof. Lloyd, that 

 the election of Dr. Paul Stilwell McKibben, Dr. Charles E. Saunders, 

 and Dr. Walter P. Thompson as Fellows of Section V. be confirmed. 

 — Carried. 



The following new Fellows were introduced: — Dr. Maclver, Dr. 

 Morison, Dr. Oliver, Dr. Saunders, Dr. Thompson and Dr. McKibben, 

 as well as Professor Knight and Professor Martin elected in 1920. 



The Honorary Secretary announced the following proposed 

 amendments to the by-laws :^ — ■ 



(1) By Dr. Duncan C. Scott: That paragraph 2 of Section 6 of 

 the By-laws be amended to read: — "The number of Fellows in each 

 Section shall be limited as follows :^ — Section I, 40; Section II, 50; 

 Section III, 40; Section IV, 25; Section V, 40. 



(2) By Dr. R. F. Ruttan: That paragraph 2 of Section 6 of the 

 By-laws be amended to read:^ — ^"The number of Fellows in each 

 Section shall be limited as follows: — Section I, 40; Section II, 40; 

 Section III, 50; Section IV, 25; Section V, 40. 



(3) By Dr. D. B. Dowling: That paragraph 2 of Section 6 of 

 the By-laws be amended to read: — -"The number of Fellows in each 

 Section shall be limited as follows: — Section I, 40; Section II, 40; 

 Section III, 40; Section IV, 30; Section V, 40. 



The efïect of these amendments would be to increase the mem- 

 bership in Section II from 40 to 50, in Section III from 40 to 50 and 

 in Section IV from 25 to 30. 



It was moved by Dr. Brett, seconded by Mr. Burpee, that these 

 proposed amendments be referred to the Sections to report to the 

 general meeting. — Carried. 



Professor C. McLean Fraser, who represented Canada at the 

 Pan-Pacific Scientific Congress held at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, 

 1920, presented a report of the proceedings of that body, of which the 

 following is an abstract: — - 



"Over one hundred scientists from Japan, China, Phillipines, 

 Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, United States, Great Britain and 



